Welcome ToTHE COULTER DOLL MUSEUM NOTE: The Coulter doll collections are NOT OPEN to the public. JAMES POLK WAS PRESIDENT 1845-1849. FIRST LADY SARAH POLK (1803-1891). Born Sarah Childress, she married James Polk in 1824. She was First Lady from 1845 to 1849. The Coulter Doll Museum - First Lady or Ladies of that Administration